Groups.io: Changelog

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August 12, 2022

SYSADMIN: Increased the file descriptor limits for the pgbouncer process responsible for the main database in hopes that it fixes the problem that led to this morning's downtime.
BUGFIX: We were not indexing user names in the member search index, so you could not search members by user name. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/searching_for_user_names_in/92989679?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,92989679,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1657563284957654146&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1657563284957654146
BUGFIX: You can now delete profile images, extra member data images and database images. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/33196
BUGFIX: Image uploading to database rows was not working. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/92983285

August 11, 2022

NEW: Paging through the Members page now remembers the checkbox settings from the `Visible` drop up. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/33082
NEW: Paging through a Database now remembers the checkbox settings from the `Visible` drop up.

August 10, 2022

CHANGE: When merging accounts, we now transfer ownership of any messages posted by the merged from account to the merged to account. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/merging_accounts_loses/92902393?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,92902393,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1657236850585578349&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1657236850585578349
CHANGE: The `Visible` dropdown on the database and member pages has been changed to a dropup. https://beta.groups.io/g/app/topic/database_field_list_on/92893668?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,92893668,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1625094524415195769&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1625094524415195769
BUGFIX: When merging accounts, we were not properly resetting subscription user names and display names.

August 9, 2022

BUGFIX: On mobile, don't display extra member fields in the `Members` page. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/extra_member_data/92779156?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,92779156,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1657231775366697496&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1657231775366697496

August 8, 2022

BUGFIX: After adding at least one extra member data field, you could not fully delete all extra member data fields.

August 5, 2022

DOCS: Updates from Nina. [Owners Manual Revision History](https://groups.io/helpcenter/ownersmanual/1/revision-history), [Members Manual Revision History](https://groups.io/helpcenter/membersmanual/1/revision-history).
NEW: The `Extra Member Data` section on the Default Sub Settings page is now collapsable.
NEW: There is a `Visible` button on the Members page when extra member data is displayed.

August 3, 2022

BUGFIX: Do not send the group calendar list of events email for lists that have been locked. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/archived_group_sent_calendar/92798479?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,92798479,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1656979729803306269&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1656979729803306269
INTERNAL: Upgraded to latest version of the Go compiler.
NEW: New database column type `Number`. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/add_numeric_data_type_to/92681862?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,92681862,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1656806671586922240&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1656806671586922240

August 2, 2022

NEW: Premium groups can now specify extra member data. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/extra_member_data/92779156?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,92779156,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1656806671586922240&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1656806671586922240

July 29, 2022

SYSADMIN: Upgraded kernels and software on several of the machines in the cluster.
BUGFIX: Fix the admin statuspage.io API integration for easily creating new downtime incidents.
DOCS: Updates from Nina. [Owners Manual Revision History](https://groups.io/helpcenter/ownersmanual/1/revision-history), [Members Manual Revision History](https://groups.io/helpcenter/membersmanual/1/revision-history).
CHANGE: The message `View Source` function is now available to all members of the group. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/allow_message_more_view/92629331?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,92629331,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1656507316277204101&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1656507316277204101
BUGFIX: Moderator changes to a member's fullname were not causing that field to be marked as change, causing those changes to be reverted the next time the member updated their subscription. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/change_in_signature_settings/92591624?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,92591624,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1656507316277204101&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1656507316277204101
BUGFIX: Plain text paragraph fields in database tables were not being indexed by the search engine. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/database_search_function/92680210?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,92680210,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1656507316277204101&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1656507316277204101

July 28, 2022

INTERNAL: When attempting to send an email, if we are unable to look up an MX record during the first attempt at sending the message, return a temporary failure instead of the default behavior of trying to look up an A record. This is to hopefully guard against temporary DNS resolution issues which would cause a message to be improperly delivered to the wrong server.
NEW: Added `Re.` subject prefix. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/another_new_reply_identifier/92367025?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,92367025,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1656337785126675386&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1656337785126675386

July 27, 2022

INTERNAL: Improved development tools for defining searches in Elasticsearch.

July 22, 2022

INTERNAL: Rolled out improvements to database search as part of the project to add extra member fields.

July 21, 2022

BUGFIX: In certain instances, the country field in an address column in a database could be erased.

July 20, 2022

CHANGE: Add <span class="sr-only"> tags to the More hamburger menus to hopefully aid with screen readers.

July 15, 2022

BUGFIX: Merging accounts with + aliases did not work. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/92406872
CHANGE: Newly uploaded photos will now have max gallery dimensions of 1024x1024, down from 2048x2048. This does not affect the downloadable photo.
BUGFIX: For events with long names, the start times would be obscured in the Calendar month view. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/start_times_truncated_in/87758830?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,87758830,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1655430894749695064&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1655430894749695064
CHANGE: `Account Changes` moderator notifications are now grouped together by user, not subscription.

July 14, 2022

NEW: New `Account Changes` moderator notification. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/issue_a_moderator/92088746?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,92088746,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1655403552610923902&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1655403552610923902

July 11, 2022

BUGFIX: Fixed another instance of where splitting a topic caused an empty topic record to be created. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/32863
CHANGE: If a group isn't using member colors, don't include the color picker in the Members Filter dropdown.
BUGFIX: Hashtag searches weren't working for capitalized hashtags. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/hashtag_searches_not_working/92310635?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,92310635,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1655147638352349700&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1655147638352349700

July 8, 2022

CHANGE: Changed the order that we check addresses to see if an email is sent from a subscriber. Previously, we checked envelope sender, then From:, then Reply-To:. Now we check From:, Reply-To:, then envelope sender. Also, we now only consider the check a success if the user has a subscription to the group. Previously, we would stop checking once we found a user account, without considering if the user was a subscriber. This could lead to some instances of the wrong user being selected as the sender of the email, and the email bouncing.

July 7, 2022

CHANGE: In the New Topic & Reply pages, display attachment sizes in kB.
BUGFIX: Don't modify images in messages if they aren't too big and don't need re-orientation. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/jpeg_image_file_size_mismatch/92215532?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,92215532,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1654453243270228121&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1654453243270228121
CHANGE: The Download Members CSV file now specifies the various attributes using human readable strings, like the API. Also, `User ID` and `Member ID` numbers are included. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/download_members_change/92216143?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,92216143,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1654453243270228121&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1654453243270228121

July 6, 2022

BUGFIX: Ensure that hashtags are displayed in the same order as they were specified on various pages. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/32791
BUGFIX: When attempting to remove a member of a parent group that is the sole owner of a subgroup, the error message now mentions that the member is a sole owner of a subgroup. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/banning_misbehavior_and_error/92196236?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,92196236,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1654276044725747961&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1654276044725747961
BUGFIX: You can no longer ban a member of a parent group if that member is the sole owner of a subgroup. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/banning_misbehavior_and_error/92196236?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,92196236,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1654276044725747961&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1654276044725747961
CHANGE: Change the default `Owner Email` setting for new group/subgroup owners from `Members Only` to `All Emails`. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/default_owner_email_setting/92154687?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,92154687,previd%3D9223372036854775807,nextid%3D1654260737401874331&previd=9223372036854775807&nextid=1654260737401874331
API BUGFIX: The `/getactivitylog` endpoint would not allow subgroups. https://beta.groups.io/g/api/topic/getactivitylog_endpoint_not/92208021?p=,,,50,0,0,0::recentpostdate/sticky,,,50,2,0,92208021,previd%3D1657118879881938987,nextid%3D1574352841374793646&previd=1657118879881938987&nextid=1574352841374793646

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